二、名词后缀及其意义.docVIP

常见名词后缀及其意义 1)–age 状态；集合 marriage; shortage; teenage 2)–al 动作；性质；状态 signal; arrival; withdrawal; approval; refusal; revival（复兴）; renewal（更新）; 3)–an 人；语 American; Russian; Italian; African 4)–ance 性质；状态；动作 importance; appearance; acceptance 5)–ant,ent 人 assistant; defendant（被告）; student; merchant 6)–ate 职务；动作涉及对象；…盐酸 doctorate（博士头衔）; consulate（领事职位/任期）; electorate（全体选民）; legate（使节/者）; precipitate（沉淀物）; sulphate（硫酸盐）； 7)–ation/ition 动作 preparation; competition; repetition 8)–cide 杀 insecticide; suicide 9)–cracy 统治 democracy; aristocracy; bureaucracy 10)–craft 技巧；工艺；飞行器 handicraft; aircraft 11)–dom 状态；领域 kingdom; freedom; wisdom 12)–ee （被动）人 employee; absentee; trainee 13)–eer 人 engineer; volunteer; mountaineer 14)–ence/ency （抽象n.） currency; dependence; excellence; frequency; consequency 15)–er 人；机器 fighter; thinker; writer; washer; harvester; 16)–ese 人；语 Chinese; Japanese; Hunanese; Viennese; Vietnamese 17)–ess 女性 actress; princess; goddess; shepherdess; tailoress 18)–ette 小；女性； cigarette; kitchenette; dinette; usherette 19)–ful 量 handful; armful; mouthful; spoonful; 20)–graph 书写；录 telegraph; photograph 21)–hood 身份；境遇；状态 childhood; livelihood（生计）; likelihood; neighborhood 22)–ian 人 Christian; guardian; musician; technician 23)–ice 抽象n. justice; service 24)–ing 物体；概念 building; feeling; painting; wedding 25)–ion 抽象n. expansion; discussion; decision 26)–ism 主义；教 feudalism; Buddhism; imperialism 27)–ist 主义者；人 artist; socialist; communist 28)–ity 抽象n. possibility; capability; equality 29)–let 小… booklet; streamlet; leaflet; bracelet 30)–ling 小…（有时有轻蔑之义） duckling; sapling（幼苗、树苗） 31)–logy 学科 geology（地质学）; philology（语言学）; biology; psychology; 32)–man 人 postman; countryman; Frenchman 33)–ment 运动；结果 judgment; government; movement; payment 34)–ness 状态；性质 tiredness; correctness; carefulness; 35)–or 人；机器 tractor; accelerator; edi